How are we going to shoot a planet at a assault node? Took a hell of a lot of firepower and WMDs from a several-hundred strong fleet to move a several billion ton asteroid at five (Earth) gravities toward the Atomna.

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In space, no one can hear you scream unless your transmitting it on the right radio frequency.

Shooting a planet at another planet-sized object would be a terrible, terrible idea. Rockets wouldn't move a planet, that's just ridiculous. Assuming that you COULD move an entire planet out of orbit, that would be an even more terrible idea due to the presence of gravity. And even if the idea of the irreversible imbalance of an entire solar system doesn't bother you (and it seems that it actually appeals to you), the Assault Node would see the planet coming before it was launched. It has an engine, doesn't it? The Assault Node has to have a method of propulsion, or otherwise it would fail to live up to its intended purpose. It obviously should have a hyperdrive, or warp drive. Launching a planet at an Assault Node would be like trying to crush a bobcat by rolling a giant snowball at it on level ground.